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Nebraska Dem chair slams Perez for dismissing anti-abortion Dems

The chair of Nebraska's Democratic Party is criticizing Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tom Perez for calling for all Democrats to be pro-abortion rights, saying the party shouldn't make anti-abortion Democrats feel unwelcome.

“Tom Perez put every Democrat who is leading our party at the nationwide and statewide level in a very difficult position," Jane Kleeb told the Atlantic, saying Perez's statement "is now being interpreted as him saying he does not accept pro-life Democrats in the Party."

“I think the demonizing of people who are pro-life is deplorable,” she added. Kleeb said she identifies as pro-choice and progressive.

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Perez called on Democrats to back legal abortion in the wake of controversy over Heath Mello, an anti-abortion Democrat running for mayor of Omaha, Neb.

“Every Democrat, like every American, should support a woman’s right to make her own choices about her body and her health,” Perez said last week, adding that every Democrat should support "the Democratic Party’s position on women’s fundamental rights.”